Chapter 3 – Hogwarts Express

After spending two days in St. Mungos Harry returned to the Leaky Cauldron, his Uncle introduced him to the world of Shinobi training at a nearby park in Muggle London. The first step was cardio, lots and lots of cardio. Thankfully it was something he was familiar with. When Harry wasn't training in cardio and various katas with his Uncle, his Aunt was teaching him some things about both the Haruno and Uzumaki clans also asking him about his day to day life that didn't involve Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley, which unfortunately was very limited. He did give some promising stories of school that didn't involve Dudley's bullying, teachers he admired and what subjects interested him. Sakura in exchanged told him stories of her growing up, both the good and the bad, her time before the war and after.

"So you and Uncle Naruto had pretty bad lives growing up like me, bullies for you, the entire village hating Uncle Naruto for something he had no control over," Harry stated aloud.

"Yes, I count myself included if only for different reasons, petty childish reasons," Sakura explained her faced strained. "I'm probably going to be asking your uncle for forgivness for the rest of my unnaturally long life , but he more than deserves it, the same can be said for you Harry."

"Who this Danzo guy you mentioned?" Harry asked.

"Danzo was a warhawk, once in charge of the village's ANBU black operations division. He tried to weaponized your Uncle on more than one occasion, it was really bad," Sakura glared at the coffee table remembering reading the third's notes he left for his successor. How the old warhawk had been willing to drop information and incite people beat on or verbally abuse Naruto to enhance the jinchuuriki's isolation. Making sure to put ANBU in charge of Naruto's care during the day that would guarantee he would be attacked while keeping those loyal to Naruto's parents on call at night simply to allow the boy some measure of peace to sleep. This cycle had continued for three years under the hokage's nose until Mikoto Uchiha found out and through her brought the full weight of the Mothers of Konoha board, demanding they help put a stop to her Godson's abuse. Sarutobi having no knowledge that the Uchiha Matriarch had been named Naruto's godmother but was pleased. The woman had been making an daily rants at the elders that she be given her godparenting rights, Danzo had this resolutely refused using a viable excuse, namely her family's Sharingan. At any rate Mikoto championed her late friend's son which got Tsume Inuzuka, Yoshino Nara, Lyes Yamanaka, Himiko Hyuga, and Shina Aburame whipped into a fury demanding all the attacks stop on Naruto or they would bring the full weight of their clans on the civilians and openly reveal Naruto's parentage.

Seeing this would give fuel to Fugaku's reasons to start coup de tat sooner Danzo quietly backed off reorganizing the line-up mixing in Minato and Kushina loyalists in all hours of the day. The affect was seen almost instantly as Naruto quickly bonded Teuchi Ichiraku and his daughter Ayame, Teuchi being a former teammate's of Minato. It was the incident over Naruto's safety and sanity that pretty much doomed Mikoto however when Uchiha Massacre was enacted Danzo wanted to make sure Mikoto was killed.

When Tsunade read this part in those notes when she became Hokage she was furious, demanded the surviving elders explain themselves. They didn't they simply stated it was for the greater good for the village. Needless to say Koharu, Homaru, and Danzo spent the weekend in the ICU for multiple stress fractures without painkillers to dull the pain, and she took particular glee when she reset the bones without the aid of those said painkillers. She then began setting policies while the three were laid up that would prevent such things happening to Naruto to ever be repeated again.

"So did you help Grandma Tsunade with the bone resetting?" Harry asked an evil but mischievous grin on his face.

Sakura gleefully returned the grin, "Oh yeah, and I made sure to take my time, after all wouldn't do for the bone to be set awkwardly or heal improperly. I didn't really know how bad Naruto's life had been growing up at that point, I was given a sugar coated version of it on a mission when we were a couple of years older than you. Still telling me that someone was responsible for Naruto's pain was enough to bring out my vindictive side especially after I was told about Naruto's Jinchuuriki status the week before and realized why everyone treated him like the plague. Let's just say people knew to stay 100 feet from me and keep their mouths shut."

Harry's eyes widen slightly, "You cared about him that far back, then why didn't you say anything?"

"I was a stupid teenager, even though Sasuke was gone I was still pining for him, didn't come to realize how wrong he was for me until way later," Sakura looked down at her swollen belly. "I'm with my true love now and that all that matters to me. Remember Harry sometimes it's not always the first impressions that make the grade, sometimes it's the long lasting ones."

Harry nods looking down at Sakura's swollen belly, "Have you thought of names yet?"

Sakura smiled, "at first I thought I was having a boy and a girl, recently rescanned them both are girls guess one of them is shy," she felt a kick giggling. "So basically I have one whose going to be like her father growing up all wild, unpredictable, and loud, while one's going to be like me before I met Ino, soft, shy, and quiet. Anyway Naruto and I had several girl names, my favorite was Chiyo and Mei, Naruto's was Kushina after his mother and Miko after his godmother, so we reached kind of a compromise. The first born will be named Chiyo and the second born will be Miko any girls we have in the future will get other two names."

"Brilliant," Harry smiled. "Can't wait to actually meet them, but I'll probably have to wait till the Christmas holidays."

"I'm sure we can arrange something with your school so you can meet them earlier I probably won't have them till early to mid October," Sakura sat back wincing lightly. "One part of me is looking forward to it and the rest of me is not looking forward to the pain associated with childbirth."

"How bad is it?" the boy asked.

"A female American comedian described it best, childbirth is like taking your bottom lip and trying to pull it over your head," Sakura chuckled softly. "Seems highly appropriate for that scenario, a dear friend of mine had a child the year her husband stepped down from the Hokage chair. She was exhausted for nearly a month afterward."

Harry shuddered slightly he had been beaten down by Dudley and his goon squad several times but the amount of pain his aunt just described made any beat downs seem petty. "How do you think Uncle Naruto will react?"

"Knowing your Uncle he'll try desperately to find anything to make things as easy for me as possible. He hates to see anyone in pain. But if I'm in pain, there's a whole new level of panic that goes through him," Sakura shook her head a tear streamed down her cheek. "Harry if you find a girl that gives that special spark do not give up on them ever."

Harry blanched, "G-Girl!"

Sakura shrugged, "Yes, a girl like maybe Susan." The rosette haired woman paused pouring some more tea for her and Harry, taking a sip, sighing. "I'm sure things will work out for you. After all didn't you swear that you'll marry that girl," the rosette haired woman smirked.

The boy almost groaned thinking about it. "I wonder how awkward a conversation was with mum when she talked to dad the first time."

"If she was anything like me, death threats were probably involved," Sakura giggled. "Just be lucky you don't have something like the Clan Restoration Act here in Britain." Harry raised an eyebrow. "When a solitary male heir is the last of his clan they must marry at least two wives," Sakura explained eyes flashing in annoyance, "I got lucky Naruto has a loop hole, he has a female cousin so I don't have to share him for the CRA. I really don't like sharing and I certainly wasn't going to share him. Like I said I'm glad Naruto found a lot of those loop holes, Sasuke had already resigned himself to the fact even after I told him repeatedly I wouldn't share, that was one of the major reasons for our break up outside the long lonely hours. I wanted my husband to be mine exclusively and I wanted him home longer than a day, also I wanted affection damn it," Sakura's eyes flashed bitterly thinking about Sasuke.

"Sorry Aunt Sakura," Harry stated timidly.

"Ah don't worry bout it kiddo, she's always like that when she thinks about the teme," Naruto stated walking in diving into the fridge.

"I wasn't going to share him with anyone, just like I'm not sharing you with anyone, certainly not Princess Wallflower," Sakura growled.

Naruto sighed heavily pinching the bridge of his nose, "Hinata sent another letter this morning, trying to strike up the CRA with you again," the whisker marked Jinchuuriki stated matter of factly.

"It's been ten years Naruto she needs to get over it and quit trying to butt into our marriage. She screwed up and she knows it, now she's trying to weasel back in through backroom politics," Sakura stated haughtily.

"I sealed up those loops holes Sakura-chan she's just going to have to accept it, which I'm glad you're reading those letters and not me, probably pulls the confessions on me again," Naruto replied wincing at her glare.

"I was an idiot alright, but not a complete idiot, when I said I loved you I meant it," the rosette haired then looked guilty. "Just didn't know how much."

Naruto gently patting her hand then kissing her cheek, "Face it, Sakura-chan, the bad boys are universally accepted pass time of a girls fantasy, you know wanting to change them. Sometimes it just doesn't work out, took me a long time to realize some people don't change."

Sakura leaned back sighing, "Still under no circumstances is Hinata getting involved in our marriage, she had her shot and she blew it."

Naruto glanced down at the table sipping his own drink frowning. "More like made me miserable, Sasuke left you alone for months on end. Hinata never wanted to do anything for herself, always what I wanted to do, no matter how outrageous." He glanced at Harry. "I tested her a couple of times to see how crazy I can get to see if Hinata would finally tell me off. Once asked her if she wanted to do an entire mission in the nude, during the coldest time of year, in a frozen wasteland to grab flowers for Kakashi-sensei's office. She actually agreed to it, simply because I suggested it!"

"Most people would dream of that kind of devotion, I would think?" Harry asked.

"I'm not most people sure I was starved for attention as a kid and I did a lot of crazy things, but what I suggested was meant to be away for her to tell me no," Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose again. "I broke up with her a minute later, stated until she grew a spine and can tell me off when I'm being an idiot, we were done."

"Never could?" Harry asked getting a shake of Naruto head in response.

"I'm not saying this out of sympathy but it was her clan that messed her up, so she kind of latched onto some kind of a weird hero worship for me. Just going to point this out to you kiddo, if you think a girl is a wierdo stay away ," Naruto stated with a sigh, then snickered. "Anyway, I asked your aunt for the same type mission after we started dating," his snicker burst into a chuckle.

"I hammered him into ground for even asking for something so perverted," the rosette haired woman snorted. "He was practically giddy for three solid weeks afterward, an unrecorded slew of pranks started happening all over the village."

"I felt vindicated," the whisker marked blonde smiled. "She was my childhood crush, and one day I made two goals, to become Hokage, then marry your aunt. I only spoke the first one out loud," Naruto stated noting his nephew and wife were waiting. "If I started ranting that I was going to marry you every second what would you have done?"

Sakura thought about it, according to Naruto his crush started just before she and Ino became friends. "If you started up before I met Ino you probably wouldn't have worked so hard for so long," she said softly. "I-If you had said something that early complimented my faults like you do now, you'd probably needed a crowbar to pry me off of you back then."

Naruto sighed heavily, "yeah and you would have been bullied ten times worse only you start adding adults into the mix. It was one of the major reasons I kept my mouth shut about that dream."

"Seems like our family had a terrible time during the wars," Harry said softly.

"Well it didn't kill us, and the old saying goes that which doesn't kill us, will make us stronger," Naruto stated. "Things have gotten way better in the last month for you, and the last ten years for Sakura and I. All three of us have hit rock bottom so it's onward and upward, believe it!"

Sakura smiled shaking her head, "Five of us, numbskull. You forgot about Chiyo and Miko."

Naruto panicked jumping over the table and gently rubbing Sakura's belly, "I'd never forget about my princesses," he leaned down smothering Sakura's belly in kisses, only for one to kick him. Sakura rolled her eyes, while Harry snickered; Naruto simply pouted standing back up crossing his arms over his chest looking dejected.

"Harry goes on the train tomorrow, and after that I'll be checking myself in to St. Mungos until the twins are born," Sakura stated looking at her husband with some sympathy. "Not going to be easy for you living on your own for entire month."

Naruto smiled softly, "I lived alone pretty much for eighteen years Sakura-chan, a month should be a cake walk. Besides I'll probably be too exhausted to care much having to deal with a bunch of back biting politicians."

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Harry stood quietly next to his Aunt and Uncle as they waited for Amelia to escort them onto the platform. The dark haired boy watched as a group of red-heads pass by the mother of the group damn near shouting the word muggle while doing a passive scan of the platform. "What the heck was all that about?" Naruto snorted softly.

"Don't know, Harry be cautious when you're on the train not everyone is going to be a friend," Sakura's eyes glinted dangerously. Two more, red-heads appeared; Amelia walked up dressed in a rather elegant business suit, her hair tied back in a loose ponytail rather than a tight bun, her glamour she normally wore on the job was turned off, she looked undeniably gorgeous. Next to her was her niece Susan who smiled faintly at the trio.

"Have you met them before Suzy?" Amelia asked.

"Y-Yes Aunty, when I visited Mrs. Abbot at St. Mungos, sorry I forgot tell you about it," Susan stated her cheeks flaring with a blush. Harry chuckled slightly, getting a his hair ruffled by his uncle.

"I see," Amelia stated shaking her head with a sigh.

"So when can I bring the evidence forward that will pretty much smear the Pureblood regime with enough gunk they'll need at least until late February to recover. Starting with the fact Harry's mother had been born pureblood," Naruto smirked. "Then I'll bring up the Dursley's treatment of Harry, finally Sirius's lack of a trial."

"Shortly after we say goodbye to the children, I've set up an emergancy session of the Wizengamot for this afternoon," Amelia stated.

"Not going make yourself very popular Naruto," Sakura replied concerned.

"This ain't about popularity, our nephew was treated worse than a slave for ten years, and the wizardry world as a whole didn't even bother to check on him or look for better alternatives I could place the blame solely on that old man headmaster but I ain't going to do that. So yeah those old farts asses are the grass and I'll be the lawnmower," the whisker marked blonde.

"I second that notion," Kurama brought himself into the mix waking up from his nap.

"Pompous arrogant fools need to be destroyed," the rabbit goddess added her two cents

Naruto chuckled slightly; Sakura had heard Naruto's two tenants through her mental link shaking her head. "Let's get these two on the train then I like to ask you Amelia to join me and Sakura-chan for some lunch before I take her over to St. Mungos."

Amelia smiled slightly, "I humbly accept your offer."

Sakura pinched Naruto in the arm, "Not sharing remember," she hissed through her teeth.

Naruto blinked looking at her clueless causing her to sigh, "What ya mean Sakura-chan?"

The rosette haired woman blushed slightly before waving him off embarrassed, "Nothing sorry just my mood swings."

After a few awkward moments the group of five went through onto the platform, Naruto helped load up Harry and Susan's trunks. Sakura gave Harry a last hug as well as a kiss to the cheek before he and Susan climbed into the train, as the train pulled out of the station Harry waved at his family a small sad smile was on his face.